Improvement in vaginal syringes



JAMES T. BUTTRIOK, OF NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND.`

IMPROVEMENT IN VAGINAL SVRINGES.

Specilcation forming part of Letters Patent No. 178,596, dated J une 13, 1876; application tiled September 15, 1874.

`To all 10h-om t may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES T. BUTTRICK, of Newport, in the county of Newport and State of Rhode Island, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Vaginal Syringes; and I do hereby declare that the following specification, taken in connection with the drawings furnished and forming a part of thesame, is a full, clear, and exact description thereof. 1

The object of my invention is to cleanse thoroughly the vagina, and parts connected therewith, and to carry away the matter to be removed, in a cleanly manner, by means of a double cylindrical instrument, represented in perspective by Figure 1 of the accompanying drawing.

My invention relates to that class of vaginal syringes in which the liquid is injected through one tube into the vagina, and after cleansing` it is made to pass out through another tube, and consists in the combination of two concentric hollowl cylinders, the liquid to be injected being forced through the 'annular space between the cylinders, and thematters to be removed passing freely into the end ot' and out through the unobstructed inner cylinder.'

My improved syringe is illustrated in detail by the vert-ical section, Fig. 2, in which the outer cylinder is indicated by the letter A, and the inner cylinder by the letter B. 'Ihe cylinders are connected at the smaller end by a rounded and perforated removable annular cap, a, the perforations communicating with the space .between the two cylinders, the inner cylinder being open. At the larger end ofthe instrument the space between the cylinders is closed by the plate b,through which the inner cylinder passes, and terminates in a coupling for the attachment of a tube or wastepipe, c. Near the outer edge of said plate is another opening', cl, communicating with the annular space between the cylinders. This opening is furnished with a coupling for the attachment ofa tube connected with a syringe, or any fountain of water. The water is i11- tended to enter the instrument through the opening d, and passing between the cylinders to be ejected through the perforations in the cap a at the other end. Having thoroughly cleansed the tissues, the water is discharged through the inner cylinder and attached tube into a proper receptacle.

I am aware that in vaginal syringes, as heretofore constructed, the -liquid has been introduced into the vagina through an inner tube, and has been discharged through perforations into the outer tube or cylinder, and thus find an'exit. But in these syringes ythe perfora- ,tions are apt to become clogged up with mucus and other substances, and a ready outiiow is prevented, but in my improved syringe no such diflculty is experienced. The liquid enters the outer tube, passesthrough the perforations into the vagina, cleanses it thoroughly, and carries all matter out with it through the open and unobstructed inner tube or cylinder.

Syringes of this general class, as heretofore constructed, are not readily cleansed after use, because the annular space constituting the outIlow-chamber is not fully accessible, which is not the case with my improved syringe, the central outliow-chamber being freely accessible for the introduction of a sponge or cloth. Moreover, in my syringe, instead of the injected duid being discharged from the center of/the syringe, as heretofore7 it is discharged through my annular jet-tip 01 cap directly against the surfaces to be cleansed, and the mucus, 011 being detached from said surfaces, is freely discharged with the outtlowing iuid through the large central chamber of the syringe.

I claim- In a vaginal syringe, the combination of the concentric tubes, and the annular perforated cap uniting the tubes at one end, and arranged for the ejection of iiuid through the perforations in said cap from the annular space between the tubes, and to att'ord an outflowpassage through the central tube, substantially as described.

JAMES T..BUTTRIOK. Witnesses:

EBEN H. GoDBoLD, Trios. W. Woon. 

